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Auriol, Emmanuelle and Demonsant, Jean-Luc (2012) Education and Migration Choices in Hierarchical Societies: The Case of Matam, Senegal. Regional Science and Urban Economics, vol. 42 (n° 5). pp. 875-889.
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Abstract
This paper examines determinants of schooling in traditional hierarchical societies with an established history
of outmigration. In the village, a ruling caste controls local political and religious institutions. For children who
do not belong to the ruling caste, migration is a strategy to increase social mobility, a process that is enhanced
by formal schooling. Since formally educated migrants tend not to return to the home community, the ruling
caste seeks to develop family loyalty by choosing religious education instead. The theory hence predicts that
the social status of the family has a significant impact on the parental educational choices of future migrant
children. Children from the ruling caste who are encouraged by their parents to migrate have a lower probability
of being sent to formal school than children from the low caste. The theoretical predictions are tested on
data from the Matam region in Senegal, a region where roughly one of every two children has ever attended
school.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | September 2012 |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Schooling, Migration, Social Status, Haalpulaar |
| JEL Classification: | I21 - Analysis of Education O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O15 - Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements - Legal, Social, Economic, and Political Z13 - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2014 17:25 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2019 23:01 |
| ["eprint_fieldname_oai_identifier" not defined]: | oai:tse-fr.eu:25814 |
| URI: | http://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/15278 |
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